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PhRMA comments on OIG proposed rule to reform the rebate system

By Holly Campbell  |    April 8, 2019
Today, PhRMA submitted comments on the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) proposed rule, “Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates Involving...   Read More

If the six protected classes policy is weakened, the Medicare Part D exception and appeals process will not provide sufficient protections for patients facing access challenges

By Tom Wilbur  |    March 29, 2019
One of the most important and successful parts of Medicare Part D is the six protected classes policy which covers patients whose conditions – such as HIV, cancer, and epilepsy, among others – are...   Read More

Fact Check: How the Part B International Pricing Index model threatens patient access

By Nicole Longo  |    March 29, 2019
Since the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Part B International Pricing Index (IPI) model late last year, there have been a number of inaccurate claims floating around about...   Read More

OIG proposed rule could help strengthen the Part D market

By Holly Campbell  |    March 28, 2019
Patients should share in the $166B in rebates and discounts biopharmaceutical companies pay to insurance companies, the government, pharmacy benefit managers and other entities in the supply chain in...   Read More

Rebate rule would help ensure seniors with diabetes don’t pay more for their medicine than their insurer

By Holly Campbell  |    March 25, 2019
Misaligned incentives in Medicare Part D are increasing costs for seniors with diabetes. While insurers negotiate larger and larger rebates with biopharmaceutical companies each year, seniors...   Read More

Bipartisan lawmakers urge Administration to rethink proposed changes to six protected classes policy

By Tom Wilbur  |    March 22, 2019
At the end of 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced a dangerous proposed rule that would weaken the Medicare Part D six protected classes policy. The six protected...   Read More

Changes to the six protected class policy are the wrong prescription for Medicare and HIV patients

By Tom Wilbur  |    March 15, 2019
For over 10 years, one of the cornerstones of the Medicare Part D program has been to ensure the sickest and most vulnerable patients have access to the clinically critical medicines they rely on....   Read More

New “Prescription for Medicare” campaign focuses on impacts of wrong and right solutions for Medicare

By Juliet Johnson  |    March 6, 2019
Today, we are launching the “Prescription for Medicare” campaign which focuses on ensuring that changes made to Medicare are the right prescription for seniors. There’s a lot of talk in Washington...   Read More

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